Hi David, Here's a link to a site which calculates the string tension for different types and gauges of strings over different scale lengths. http://www.mcdonaldstrings.com/stringxxiii.html
It usually is not specific to different brands of strings, but for plain steel strings I think the results might be useful. I used to it to help predict what C string to use on my 5-string mandolins, and I found it useful (I use .052 or .053, depending on what's available. I started out with .047, but they were too floppy. My scale length is 14.295.) Modern mandolins are usually 13.875 inches. Hope this is useful Topher On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:48 AM, David Long <[email protected]> wrote: > This might be of interest to some. > I don't know about some of you, but I frequently pick up my mandolin and am > immediately struck with the slightest sense of annoy regarding tension and > thickness of the E strings. Then it hit me: Why not a .012 gauge? So I > found some tenor banjo strings (.012) with loop ends and BINGO! Problem > solved. Maybe the luthiers on here could weigh in but they don't seem to be > too heavy. I'm using them with the Exp-J74s. > My next experiment is the J-74's on the G and D's, 75's on the A's, and .012 > tenors on the E's. Has anyone else ever tried this? > Reporting live, > Miles > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Taterbugmando" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
